Door-hanger.



No 867523" PATENTED OUT. 1, 1907.

- 0. A. MoPADDEN.

4 DOOR HANGER. .APPLIOATION.PILED D30. 3, 1906.

' QWueMoz Q Vwmooyzo Il/ Jam/2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFER I ORIGEN A.MCFADDEN, OF FAIRFIELD, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. GRAY,

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed December 3,19()6. Serial No. 346,109.

description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled -in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

door hangers.

The object of the invention is to provide a door hanger-which will besimple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, reliable andefficient in operation and so constructed as to prevent the door fromrunning off the tracks.

A further object is to provide a hanger of this character the trackwayof which is constructed to prevent the accumulation of dirt or otherforeign matter which would clog the supporting rollers or interfere withthe operation of the door.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangementof'parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a side view of the door andhanger as applied to a car or building, parts of the trackway for thehanger being broken away to illustrate the arrangement of the supportingrollers journaled therein; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the guideway ortrack; and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the trackway ofthe hanger, said trackway being I adapted to be bolted or otherwisefastened to the side of a car or building and consists of an innerlongitudinally-disposed plate or bar 2 and an outerlongitudinally-disposed bar 3. the bar 2, and is suitably spacedtherefrom by means of spacing blocks 4 secured near the bottom or loweredges of the bars, as shown. Arranged in the bars 2 and 3 adjacent totheir lower edges is a series of bearing pins 5, on which are journaledsupporting rollers 6.

Arranged on the door 7 and projecting above the same is a carriage 8,which preferably consists of a longitudinally-disposed traveling bar 9,the lower corners of the opposite ends of which are rounded off, asshown This invention relates to improvements in sliding The bar 3extends parallel with at 10. The bar 9 is adapted to travel or slideover the bearing rollers 6, the rounded corners of the same facilitatingthe passing of the bar over the rollers. Formed on the outer side of thebar 9 adjacent to its upper edge is a laterally-projectinglongitudinally-disposed flange 12, to the outer edge of which aresecured downwardlyprojecting, door attaching or hanger plates 13 securedat their lower ends to the side of the door 7 adjacent to its upperedge.

The bar 9 is formed of suflicient width to project above the bars 2 and3 of the trackway,

so that the flange 12 will clear the upper edge of the outer bar 3 asthe carriage travels over the supporting rollers 6 journaled betweensaid bars. 9

By constructing the trackway 1 as herein shown and described, thepossibility of dirt or other foreign matter collecting or accumulatingin the bottom of the trackway will be entirely obviated, thus preventingthe clogging of the rollers 6 or interfering with the operation of thehanger. The construction of the trackway and the carriage 8 will preventthe latter from becoming disengaged from or running off the trackway,the construction of these parts also preventing any lateral strain orsagging of the door, thus causing the traveling bar 9 to run evenly andsmoothly over the supporting roller.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

A door hanger of the type described comprising an elongated riderbarhaving; an outwardly projecting lateral flange and depending hanger armsmade integral with said flange, in combination with an overhead trackconsisting of a pair of parallel side bars connected in spaced relationby transverse spacing blocks formed integral with the lower edges ofsaid bars at intervals throughout their length, pintles extended betweenand terminally secured in the bars at relatively spaced intervalsthroughout the entire length of the track, and bearing rollersjiournaled on said pintles and spanning the space between the bars andon which the rider bar travels, the bottom of the track being whollyopen and unobstructed at points between the rollers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ORIGEN A. MCFADDEN.

Witnesses E. C. Rice, H. L. WILLIAMS.

